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Pelobatrachus baluensis (Boulenger, 1899)
Leptobrachium baluense Boulenger, 1899, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 4: 453. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation; BMNH 1947.2.25.20 (originally 1899.8.19.15) by museum records. Type locality: "Mount Kina Balu, 4200 feet", Malaysia (Borneo).
Megalophrys baluensis — Boulenger, 1908, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908: 429.
Megophrys baluensis — Smith, 1931, Bull. Raffles Mus., 5: 30; Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 413.
Megophrys (Megophrys) baluensis — Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 472.
Panophrys baluensis — Rao and Yang, 1997, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 7: 98–99. Tentative arrangement.
Megophrys (Xenophrys) baluensis — Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 14.
Xenophrys baluensis — Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 23, by implication; Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2006, Alytes, 24: 17.
Megophrys (Pelobatrachus) baluensis — Mahony, Foley, Biju, and Teeling, 2017, Mol. Biol. Evol., 34: 754.
Pelobatrachus baluensis — Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Liu, Huang, Li, and Wang, 2021, Zootaxa, 4927: 39.
Common Names
Balu Spadefoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 86).
Kinabalu Horned Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625).
Distribution
Northeastern Borneo in Sabah (Gunung Kinabalu and the Crocker Range), Malaysia, 1200–1900 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)
Endemic: Malaysia, Malaysia, East (Sarawak and/or Sabah)
Comment
Reviewed by Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 46–48. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 68–69, to compare this species with other megophryids in the Sunda Shelf region. Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann, and Kosuch, 2002, Amph. Rept. Mount Kinabalu: 106–108, noted that this species is likely restricted to Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, records for Brunei pertaining to other species. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 625.
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